Ralph Birkofer

Full Name: Ralph Joseph Birkofer	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/213	First Game: April 25, 1933
Birthdate: November 5, 1908	Final Game: July 11, 1937
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio	MLB Experience: 5 years
Died: March 16, 1971
Deathplace: Cincinnati, Ohio
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Rate this Player

0.00

1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on November 5, 1908 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ralph Birkofer (Ralph Joseph Birkofer) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 5 year career. Birkofer broke into the bigs on April 25, 1933 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 2.31 ERA in 50.2 innings pitched in 1933, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Ralph Birkofer's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1934, when he posted a 4.10 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 71 batters. However, others believe that it was 1935, when he posted a 4.07 ERA and struck out 80 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1933	PIT	N	9	8	4	2	2.31	20	22	13	3	1	0	50.2	43	1	17	2	1
1934	PIT	N	41	23	11	12	4.10	71	106	93	11	0	1	204	227	11	66	2	5
1935	PIT	N	37	18	9	7	4.07	80	87	68	8	1	1	150.1	173	5	42	3	6
1936	PIT	N	34	13	7	5	4.69	44	73	57	2	0	0	109.1	130	4	41	1	5
1937	BRO	N	11	1	0	2	6.67	9	28	22	0	0	0	29.2	45	3	9	0	0
Total			132	63	31	28	4.19	224	316	253	24	2	2	544	618	24	175	8	17

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1933	PIT	N	P	9	1	10	0	0	1.000
1934	PIT	N	P	41	2	39	3	1	.932
1935	PIT	N	P	37	3	18	4	1	.840
1936	PIT	N	P	34	1	14	7	0	.682
1937	BRO	N	P	11	0	5	0	0	1.000
Total			P	132	7	86	14	2	.869

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1933	PIT	N	9	22	1	7	4	.318	.318	.318	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
1934	PIT	N	41	75	6	17	11	.227	.237	.267	3	0	1	14	0	2	0
1935	PIT	N	38	58	5	14	4	.241	.254	.328	3	1	0	8	1	0	1
1936	PIT	N	34	41	5	9	3	.220	.238	.244	1	0	1	9	0	0	1
1937	BRO	N	12	11	1	3	0	.273	.333	.273	0	0	1	4	0	0	0
Total			134	207	18	50	22	.242	.256	.285	7	1	3	39	1	2	2

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Cookie Lavagetto to Brooklyn Dodgers in exchange for Ed Brandt (December 4, 1936).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Lindsay Brown and cash (July 11, 1937).

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Video Gallery

Add Videos

[edit] Picture Gallery

Add Pictures

[edit] See Also

[edit] Categories

Retrieved from "http://armchairgm.wikia.com/Ralph_Birkofer"

This page was last modified 16:10, 17 October 2007. Content is available under the GFDL.